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men's basketball: news and notes vertime 2013-14 Men's Basketball Schedule Link to purdu 2012-1e's 3 season stats purdue, iu meet just once BY GOLD AND BLACK STAFF once was the 2007-08 and 200809 seasons, with IU winning at he Big Ten schedule for this home and Purdue winning at coming season has yet to be home, respectively. revealed, but each team's singleSoon after the announceplay opponents have been, with ment, IU athletic director Fred Purdue's draw being interesting. Glass told the Indianapolis Star The Boilermakers will face he would ask Purdue A.D. Morarch-rival Indiana just once this gan Burke about the possibilcoming season, hosting the Hoo- ity of adding a non-conference siers in Mackey Arena. meeting in Bloomington, even Last time Purdue and Indi- though the Boilermakers' nonana were scheduled to play just conference schedule had already been finalized and announced publicly. "Our schedule is set, and An updated GoldandBlack.com we're not going back on any contracts," Burke told the mobile app for the Lafayette Journal & Courier. Android and iPhone at "Unless something out of Google Play and the sky happens, we'll likely play one time next year." the App Store This could conceivably be the last time Purdue and Indiana would even face the possibility of playing T Introducing ... Matt Painter's team will face rival Indiana, and Tom Crean, just once in 2013-14. just once during the regular season. As the Big Ten reconfigures its scheduling to accommodate the additions of Maryland and Rutgers in 2014, there have been discussions of protecting rivalries as has been done in football. Such an arrangement would lock Purdue and IU into two regular season meetings per season. Purdue's other single-play home draw would seem like a fortuitous one on paper, as it will Tom Campbell meet Big Ten power Michigan State just once, that game also to be played in West Lafayette. The Boilermakers' two singleplay road games will be at Illinois and Iowa. DateOpponent Oct. 30 INDIANAPOLIS (Exh.) Nov. 4 WAYNE STATE (Exh.) Nov. 8 NORTHERN KENTUCKY Nov. 13 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE Nov. 17 RIDER Nov. 20 EASTERN ILLINOIS Nov. 24 SIENA^ Nov. 28 TBD* Nov. 29 TBD* Dec. 1 TBD* Dec. 4 BOSTON COLLEGE@ Dec. 7 EASTERN MICHIGAN Dec. 14 Butler& Dec. 17 MARYLAND EASTERN-SHORE Dec. 21 at West Virginia March 13-16Big Ten Tournament# Game times and TV TBD ^ Old Spice Classic, West Lafayette * Old Spice Classic, Orlando, Fla. @ ACC/Big Ten Challenge & Crossroads Classic — Indianapolis (Bankers' Life Fieldhouse) # Indianapolis (Bankers' Life Fieldhouse) Note: Big Ten schedule still to be released later. Purdue will play Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan State just once in conference play with Indiana and Michigan State coming to Mackey Arena. lighted by Purdue's participation NON-CONFERENCE SLATE in the Old Spice Classic in Orlan- Purdue's non-conference schedule looks like a solid one for a team looking to rebound from a down year. The pre-Big Ten slate is high- do, with games to be played Nov. 28-29 and Dec. 1, after a nonbracketed home game against Siena Nov. 24. GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 30 • 12